Is anyone else watching this? Pretty impressive stuff from a show that always sets the bar remarkably high.

I watch it once in awhile....if nothing is on and I'm bored.... but they had it on alllll daaaaayyy. I like Stargate and enterprise.

I thought this whole season was lacking to say the least. The finale was okay, but over all meh. They spent way too much on flashbacks that didn't add anything to the characters that we already didn't know.

Great special effects though. though as with most sci fi finales they tend to end in a whimper.

Loved it!

lazycrockett said:

That's interesting. I really thought this last season was brilliant. The mutiny episodes were two of my favorites of the run.

With the exception of Starbuck, I felt most things were resolved. Several of the characters were left to interesting fates...surprising that so many of the principal characters were left alone, on separate continents, most likely never to see each other again. Only Cylon or half-Cylon couples got a happy ending in that regard.

Efan said:

I also loved the mutiny episodes. Really enjoyed the first one back as well.


I think the Starbuck issue was resolved, but the question was answered so early that it was anti-climactic or confusing for most. It seems clear to me that Baltar was completely right in his speech after he performed his test: she was an angel. God (or whatever he likes to be called) resurrected her for the purpose of leading humanity to its end. Once her mission was fulfilled, she was gone. The real Starbuck died and her body landed on the real Earth.
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AlexdeParis said:

That makes sense. I was totally looking at it the wrong way. That also makes the flashbacks to the human Starbuck and Lee all that much more impactful. I guess I was a little off track! Thanks.

I am so sad that this show has ended. It was one of the best shows on television and I think its a crime how they've been robbed every year by not winning an Emmy or Golden Globes, how is that even possible, proves those award shows don't mean anything.

Thi season was brilliant, lot's of surprises about the fifth cylon and the final five's role in all of this, Starbuck being an angel, the true meaning of notes that kept appearing.

Great show deemed a masterpiece years from now.

I had such hopes for this series, I couildn't even make it thru series one. I couldn't find anything likeable about it.

sorry, carry on

Efan said:

You're welcome. I'm sad to see it go, but it was a great sendoff.

Fantastic finale to possibly the best sci-fi show I know. I really loved it, except maybe for the last half minute. That was kinda meh.

The finale was very good although did drag on a little in the end, but gave good closure to all the important people. I'm glad they didn't kill Baltar as he is by far the best character in the whole show and this last episode just showed how much he has changed over the 4 seasons. To go from the one who brought on Caprica's demise to one who gave of himself for a change to help the fight and at the very end get back to his roots as a farmer.

I thought this season overall was a bit all over the place and once Earth 1 was found didn't really have much direction in where they were going plotwise and it wasn't until the last few episodes they finally had an end game. But as much as I hate to see this show end it is for the better as if it continued it just wouldn't be as good as it was and there would be a lot of filler episodes which amount to nothing but wasted time and money.

So say we all

The finale was the first episode I watched. I think the finale was designed to allow those who knew nothing about the series' mythology to at least muddle their way through.

The acting was good all around, and while I didn't go "all in" for it, I can understand why it is called the best sci-fi show ever. The acting of Olmos and McConnell was superb.

namepeace said:

Um, why? You actually sat through the 2-hour finale of a show you've never watched before? Are you thinking about watching from the beginning now?

AlexdeParis said:

Just needed to see how they resolved it. I read enough to understand the premise of the show.

And I remember the original.

And nothing else was on.